Norman Osborne. Many words can describe him. Corrupt. Mad. Greedy. Slime. But he was still just as mortal as the rest of us. Until it happened. Osborne secretly framed the co-founder of his chemical company; Mendel Stromm. Stromm was working on a serum, a serum to give people abilities beyond the normal powers of perception. Such as super-intelligence and strength. After framing Stromm, Osborne was left to his own devices in the chemical plant. He read up on a few of Stromm’s papers and learned about the serum. Naturally, being the outgoing man he is, he decided to put his forces to use replicating it for sale in the military, construction, and many other industries. This was his original intention; however one day his plan literally blew up in his face. He gained green skin, and the aforemented abilities; but it came at the cost of one thing. His sanity. Osborne had been driven bipolar and murderously insane. His other alias decided to take on a new name. The Green Goblin. And so it began.